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Need functionality so that multiple variations of any cell can be added through a single catalog.

This idea is on behalf of one of our users who can not write English,The issue is,For any cell, there could be different variations depending on the various property values. For example in this picture here the user has created different variation...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Support for phased construction/renovation

Many construction projects include work on existing buildings or working in phases, so each phase has items that are existing to remain, to be removed, to be patched, and to be added. While we have a data property for this, it would be more useful...
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 0 Future consideration

Convert an associative flooded space to a non-associative space

It would be good if a user could initially place spaces using the flood placement option as this is a quick and efficient way to add spaces and room data to a model in the early stages of design. Later in the process, he may need to be more exact ...
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 0 Planned

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size

Enable Program Area of a space to constrain its size (rubber-banding capability) so user can adjust a side and have the shape respond. 2D constraints in MicroStation can do this, see video (the video is real-time; scrub through to get the picture ...
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 3 Future consideration

Allow unfiers between parts

There is a need for unifiers work between parts
almost 3 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

Implement bi direction links between the Datagroup System and External Databases

Make it simpler to connect to external databases, e.g. Building Smart data dictionary, SAP, user database, etc. The existing UDL technology has largely been underused and underdeveloped. Replacing it with something more robust and suitable for mod...
over 4 years ago in OpenBuildings Designer 2 Will not implement

update the configuration explorer

need to compaire different configurations
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / General 0 Needs review

Create part - add DGN,CEL to the list of available files

When you create a 3d part, this would typically be a DGN or a cell. Although it is possible to edit the xsd files to include DGN and cel as a format, this is not set by default. Now that we have parametric modelling the DGN format needs to be visi...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 1 Needs review

A question for Open Building Designer

Hi.. With ref to software research on Bentley OpenBuildings Designer, we would like to check on these prior to use in Manchester Metropolitan university one of our departments- When was software last updated Is software still on active development...
over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Buildings Services 1 Already exists

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over 1 year ago in OpenBuildings Designer / Architectural 2 Needs review